Principal or Senior Consultant

2 weeks ago


Oxford, United Kingdom 3Keel Full time

**Who we’re looking for**

**Role**: Principal Consultant or Senior Consultant (dependent on experience)

**Location**: Oxford, London, Bristol or hybrid

**Business unit**:Commodity Supply Chains

**Contract**: Permanent/Fixed term contract (full or part-time)

**Salary range**: £40,000-65,000 pa (pro rata)

**About you**

We are excited to be recruiting for a Principal Consultant or Senior Consultant to work across a variety of projects within our highly-regarded Commodity Supply Chains Business Unit. Are you able to bring previous consultancy experience and exceptional technical understanding to deliver high quality, impactful work? In this role you will be joining a team of ambitious and committed colleagues, and you will relish the opportunity to work with global clients to drive progress on sustainability.

Your focus for the role will be on projects relating to global supply chains for forest-risk commodities, particularly oil palm, soy, cocoa, cattle and timber/paper. We work with a wide range of companies, particularly in the consumer goods sector, as well as with public sector and non-profit organisations. Our ambition is to drive systemic change - grounded in deep understanding of the issues, drawing on a range of datasets and identifying ambitious yet pragmatic solutions. These areas are rapidly evolving, so you will have the ability and desire to learn quickly, transfer existing knowledge to new situations, and think creatively. You will ideally be a multi-skilled professional with broad technical understanding and the ability to confidently lead client engagement, manage projects, and motivate and support team members to deliver high value, impactful work.

**The important stuff (essential requirements)**
- Technical expertise relevant to Commodity Supply Chains Business Unit: understanding of FMCG supply chains, food systems, deforestation and corporate policy / regulatory landscape for commodity supply chains;
- Understanding of consultancy work: how consultancy businesses operate and well-developed consulting skills;
- Passion for finding solutions to complex sustainability problems;
- Ability to acquire and digest complex qualitative and quantitative information from multiple sources to distil clear strategic insights;
- Great team working skills with evidence of working collaboratively on projects, mentoring and supporting more junior team members;
- Excellent stakeholder / relationship management skills, with the ability to work effectively with people from different cultures and backgrounds;
- Commercial mindset and experience in developing high quality proposals that deliver value for our clients;
- Clear and engaging writing style, excellent verbal communication and the ability to present complex information in a client-friendly way;
- Organised and systematic approach to managing a busy workload.

**Other stuff (desirable skills)**
- Experience of line management and/or mentoring, and an enthusiasm for continuous development of self and others;
- Data collection, cleaning and management skills. Experience of data analytics, visualisation and practical business intelligence software apps (e.g., intermediate to advanced MS Excel, MS PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, ETL tools);
- Understanding of sustainability issues from a global perspective, and experience of working in key forest-risk commodity producer countries;
- Relevant foreign language skills (e.g. Portuguese, Bahasa, French)

**3Keel also offers**
- A friendly team of individuals from many walks of life, all constantly striving for excellence and committed to making a difference in sustainability - and having fun along the way
- Genuine work-life flexibility for people at different life stages, with a well-established hybrid working culture
- Competitive salary depending on experience (based on 37.5 hours working week)
- Part time working will be considered
- 30 days paid annual leave per annum, increasing with number of years at business.
- Pension scheme with 5% company contribution and personal investment/savings platform
- Bonus scheme, discretionary from 3Keel owners based on company performance.
- Employee NHS Cash Top Up health insurance scheme
- Employee assistance and mental health support programmes
- Life cover
- Access to office space in various different locations in Oxford, Bristol and London
- Three days of paid volunteering time per year for each staff member
- Generous maternity, paternity and sick pay/leave
- Annual training budget per employee
- 5 days for study per year
- Portion of annual profits donated to charity annually
- Salary sacrifice schemes for bikes (cycle to work scheme) electric vehicles and other tech

**About us**

3Keel is a market-leading, specialist sustainability consultancy. We have grown organically since our founding in 2013, becoming a high impact team. The business is structured to address key sustainability issues, and we focus on innovations and coalition-building to develop approache



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